joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Walter Bangura" <barristerrichardbakarelibertyc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.walterbangura4u@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:02:55 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR CORPORATION ON THIS


Dear Sir / Madam,

I am Dr.Walter Bangura, Senior Accountant & the Auditor General Manager of
BANK OF AFRICA, of the Federal Republic of Benin. I work with BANK OF
AFRICA in Cotonou Benin Rep. It is my wish to solicit your assistance in a
business opportunity that will be beneficial for you and I.

During our investigation and Auditing in my Bank, in my department I came
across an abandoned sum of money ( Two Million One Hundred Thousand Euros
only ) In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer late
MRS.Clear .A Krause, a citizen of Germany who died along with her entire
family.

I wish to know if we can work together. I would like you to stand as her
Next of Kin to a Fixed Deposit of €2.1 Million Euros only, which she made
to our Bank. She died and left nobody behind as her Next of Kin.

The Funds can be transferred to you either through Bank to Bank wire
transfer into any account of your choice or by ATM CARD. The reason why I
contacted you is that after 3 months from now the Bank Directors will
divert and share these Funds within themselves.

Here is the Website of the incident; http://news.bbc.co.
uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm

Please get back to me through either by phone or email if you are
interested to know much about this transaction.

With regards,
Dr.Walter Bangura
my Private Tel: +229 91 02 76 93 & Whatsapp

Anti-fraud resources: